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def _get_tweeters(self):
- return self._twitter.GetFriends()
+ try:
+ return self._twitter.GetFriends()
+ except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+ if e.code >= 500 and e.code <= 599:
+ print "Twitter down (fail whale): " + e.message
+ return []
+ else:
+ raise e
+
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